RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 22, 2012 at 7:17 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2012 at 7:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 22, 2012 at 5:10 pm)spockrates Wrote: Who is to say the future is one, but not many? Who is to say that omniscience is not the ability to see only one outcome, but countless billions of possible outcomes, and to act in the present according to all the possible outcomes foreseen?
Who indeed, once we've gone down this road. But this is even more troubling for the judeo-christian god, and I've already begun to elaborate upon why, twice... posts ago.
Quote: Isn't this what someone does when he plays chess, but on a much smaller scale? Rather than avoiding the argument, I think I'm addressing it, though in a way you did not expect.At no point does the chess player possess precognition, even though they may accurately determine the moves of their opponent, it isn't precognition that allows them to achieve this. See the above for what I may expect (or what you may propose that could be expected), and reread our posts.
Quote:the Use your imagination, Mister! Have a little fun with the wonder of what it must be like to be all-knowing and to know all. It cannot possibly be as dull and unremarkable as even the most creative person can imagine. Can it?
I wouldn't know, I couldn't rule out the utter dullness of omniscience personally, maybe Mister can, neither of us having experienced it. An eternity without so much as a single surprise....idk Spock...
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